Roll holder



ug- 21, 1962 o. w. MoRTENsoN 3,050,268

ROLL HOLDER Filed Aug. 1, 1960 i INVENTOR 05224,? a2. MaEyf/VsO/V UnitedStates Patent Office 3,50,Z68 Patented Aug. 21, 1962 3,050,268 ROLLHOLDER Oscar W. Mortensen, 1420 Fulton Road, Santa Rosa, Calif. FiledAug. 1, 1960, Ser. No. 46,810 1 Claim. (Cl. 242-5553) This inventionrelates to xtures and more particularly to bathroom xtures.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a tissue roll holderfor use in bathrooms which is extremely attractive in appearance, andwhich is extremely simple and convenient to use when replacing rolls oftissue thereupon.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an easilyoperated tissue roll holder of the type described which is completelyself contained, blends readily with the supporting wall structure, andwhich is extremely easy to use in crowded and congested areas.

All of the foregoing and still further obgfects and advantages of thisinvention will become apparent from a study of the followingspecification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,wherein:

FIGURE l is a perspective view of a tissue roll holder device made inaccordance with the present invention in actual use;

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view of certainparts of the apparatus shown in FIG- URE l;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view taken alongline 3 3 of FIGURE l;

FIGURE 4 is a flat plan view of the assembly shown in FIGURE 1 with theroll of toilet tissue removed; and

FIGURE 5 is a view similar to FIGURE 4, illustrating the manner in whichthe device is operated.

Referring now to the drawing, a tissue roll holder l@ made in accordancewith the present invention is shown to include a main housing 12 havinga pair of depending sides 14 dening a forwardly opening cutout 16 withinwhich a roll of toilet tissue 32 is accessible. A pair of fasteners 18having loop portions 29 with guideways 22 therethrough, serve assupports for an inverted U-shaped bracket 24 constructed of a springtype material. The sides 26 of the Ibracket 24 have inwardly facingpintles 28 upon which a spindle 30 is rotatably supported in theposition shown in FIGURE 4.

A push button 34 having a depending stem 35 is slidably carried by thehousing 12 for reciprocating vertical movement. The innermost end of theplunger 36 is provided with a cutout 38 through which the centralportion of the bracket 24 extends. A compression coil spring 40 actingbetween the plunger 34 and the housing 12 serves to yieldably resistdownward movement of the plunger 34 to the position shown in FIGURE 5.However, in response to such downward movement of the push button 34 andplunger 36, the central portion of the bracket 24 is deformed to urgethe arms 26 outwardly, as shown in FIGURE 5, thus opening the space-between the pintles 28 to allow for the insertion or removal of thespindle 30 and roll of paper 32 carried thereby.

It will thus be appreciated that it becomes a. simple matter to replacea roll of tissue simply by depressing the button 34 and gaining accesstothe interior of the housing 16 in the manner described. Upon releasingthe button 34, the springy bracket 24 will return to its normal positionshown in FIGURE 4, thus rotatably supporting a roll of paper untilreplacement is required.

While this invention has been described with particular reference to theconstruction shown in the drawing, it is to be understood that such isnot to be construed as imparting limitations upon the invention, whichis best defined by the claim appended hereto.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A tissue roll holder comprising, in combination, a housing having meansfor attachment to a stationary support, a spindle, a bracket within saidhousing rotatably supporting said spindle, and manually controlledactuating means for effecting the release of said spindle from saidbracket, wherein said housing comprises a substantially hollow shellhaving a top wall and a pair of depending side walls dening a cutoutproviding access to the interior thereof, wherein said spindle comprisesa shaft of uniform cross sectional conguration, said spindle extendingsubstantially across said access opening deiined by said housing androtatably supporting the roll of tissue therewithin, wherein saidbracket comprises an inverted U-shaped member of spring-likeconstruction having a pair of spaced apart arms depending from said topof said housing along the opposite sides thereof, and said spindle beingrotatably supported upon the outermost free ends of said arms of saidbracket, wherein said actuating means comprises a push button having aplunger slidably supported upon said top of said housing into engagementwith a central portion of said bracket, and a pair of suspension typeanchor bolts securing spaced apart portions of said bracket within theinterior of said housing, said plunger acting upon a central portion ofsaid bracket to deform said bracket temporarily to extend the free endsof said side arms thereof outwardly in opposite directions to facilitatethe insertion and removal of said spindle therebetween.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS577,258 Innes Feb. 16, 1897 2,751,162 Bolger .Tune 19, 1956 FOREIGNPATENTS 592 Great Britain Jan. 10, 19210

